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Issue 12 - JUNE 2017
BAHRAIN BOURSE BECOMES THE SHARE REGISTRAR FOR A NUMBER OF
ITS LISTED COMPANIES
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) signed
agreements with a number of its
listed companies to assign the
Bourse as a Share Registrar for
the shares of these companies.
The signing listed companies are
GFH Financial Group, Bahrain
Flour Company, National Hotels
Compay, Trafco Group, Bahrain
Car Parks Company and BBK.
According to the agreement, Bah-
rain Bourse will provide these
companies with a variety of ser-
vices that include maintaining a
record of the share register that
holds the shares in electronic
form, and updating the data of
the registry resulted from deal-
ing on the company’s shares in
accordance with the rules and
regulations of Bahrain Bourse.
In addition, the bourse will
provide these companies with
online services that include re-
al-time shareholding confir-
mations with the percentage of
investors’ holdings’ dealings,
investors’ account statements,
and other periodical reports.
It is worth mentioning that Bah-
rain Bourse issued a resolution
regarding amending the listing
requirements of the listed share-
holding companies on the Main
Board in Bahrain Bourse, which
includes registering and depos-
iting the issued shares in the
Clearing, Settlement, Central
Depository & Registry system in
the Bourse, and requires that the
establishment and management
of the shareholders’ record in the
company is in line with the elec-
tronic registry system licensed
by the Central Bank of Bahrain.